06 Dec 3 Timely Tips to Handle Holiday Workload

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? End-of-year vacation wars. Co-worker call-offs. Longer lunches.

Working through the holidays can seem like a month’s worth of work stuffed into a half-month calendar! Here are 3 tips to help make those holiday hours happy ones.

1. Squeeze Yourself

A quick time audit often shows we’re not that great at squeezing the most out of our workday (yes, you too). Seems like a no-brainer, but there are a wealth of tools out there to help us get more out of an hour – from time blocking (Google it) to logging time on a daily pocket planner (also helps with timesheets!) to apps like Focus Booster that make maximizing more like fun.

2. Eat a Frog

Got a to-do list? Highlight your least favorite tasks – your frogs – in green. You know…the things you’re most likely to avoid. Then commit to “eating 1 frog” every morning, so you can enjoy the rest of a day doing the stuff you don’t mind.